Yefet Street

Coordinates: 32°3′4.83″N 34°45′10.53″E / 32.0513417°N 34.7529250°E / 32.0513417; 34.7529250

the French hospital near old jaffa

Saint Joseph Monastery

Yefet Street is one of the main streets of Jaffa and historical road from old Jaffa to the south. He was named after Noah's son Japhet, founder of the city according to one legend. Previously called "Ajami Street", named Ibrahim al - Ajami, Persian saint. The street passes over marine over Yehuda Hyamit Street bridge that built during the British Mandate. The street was once a way around the walls of old Jaffa, and after the demolition of the wall and the growth of the city, became a major commercial street. Connecting road between Jaffa and Gaza in the past and present links between the clock Square street in Bat Yam (Balfour Street continues). The road was one of three ways mapped out major cities, along with Nablus Road (now Raziel Street and down the street of Eilat, a Tel Aviv - Yafo and through respect) and another way to Jerusalem via Ramle (now Oley Zion Street and through the Ben-Zvi Street). in "Yefet street corner Sionah Tagger Street" there a structure (transformation) designed in 1923 by architect Alexander Baerwald.

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Streets in Tel Aviv-Yafo

North-South	Allenby Street Begin Road Ben Yehuda Street Dizengoff Street HaMasger Street HaYarkon Street Ibn Gabirol Street King George Street Nahalat Binyamin Street Rothschild Boulevard Sderot Yerushalayim Yefet Street

East-West	HaArba'a Street Kaplan Street Sheinkin Street

Highways	Ayalon Highway Highway 2

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